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Pat Mitchell, chief executive of the Paley Center for Media -- which serves a dual role as think tank for the entertainment industry and fan club for TV shows -- will step down in 2014 after eight years in the post, people familiar with the matter said. The Paley Center, whose board of trustees is made up of prominent executives including Walt Disney Co. Chairman Bob Iger, CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves, Discovery CEO David Zaslav and National Basketball Assn. Commissioner David Stern, has retained an executive search firm to find a successor for Mitchell. Neither Mitchell nor a Paley Center spokeswoman returned requests for comment. Two executives with close ties to the...

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